--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 7 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A caper is a playful jump or skip.[↗](../../caper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To caper is to skip, jump and dance about happily.[↗](../../caper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A caper is a mischievous trick or prank; «cut capers» means to play about or behave naughtily.[↗](../../caper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children capered round the tree.[↗](../../caper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · First he whirled round, then he cut all sorts of capers.[↗](../../caper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They capered with joy when the feast was ready.[↗](../../caper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The boys were up to their usual capers.[↗](../../caper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **capercaillie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large wild bird of the grouse family that lives in pine forests in Scotland, Scandinavia and other cold parts of Europe and Asia.[↗](../../capercaillie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The males are black and puff out their tails in spring.[↗](../../capercaillie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The capercaillie is the biggest grouse in the world.[↗](../../capercaillie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Capercaillies live in old Scottish pine forests.[↗](../../capercaillie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The male capercaillie fanned out his tail.[↗](../../capercaillie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a few capercaillies are left in Scotland.[↗](../../capercaillie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep dogs on a lead so they don't disturb capercaillies.[↗](../../capercaillie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **capillary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A capillary is the thinnest kind of blood vessel in the body, finer than a hair, that connects arteries and veins.[↗](../../capillary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A capillary is any very thin tube.[↗](../../capillary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Capillary action is the way water moves up through thin tubes or tiny gaps, like in paper or plants.[↗](../../capillary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Oxygen passes from the capillaries into your cells.[↗](../../capillary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Capillaries are thinner than a hair.[↗](../../capillary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water climbed up the paper towel by capillary action.[↗](../../capillary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The celery turned blue because coloured water rose up its tubes.[↗](../../capillary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A bruise forms when tiny capillaries break under the skin.[↗](../../capillary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Blood goes: arteries, capillaries, veins.[↗](../../capillary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **capital** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A capital (city) is the city where a country's or state's government is.[↗](../../capital/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A capital (letter) is a big letter, like A, B, C.[↗](../../capital/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Capital is money used to start or run a business.[↗](../../capital/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Capital punishment is the punishment of death (in law).[↗](../../capital/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Capital can also mean excellent or very good, an old-fashioned word of praise.[↗](../../capital/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Paris is the capital of France.[↗](../../capital/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Start every sentence with a capital letter.[↗](../../capital/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Canberra, not Sydney, is the capital of Australia.[↗](../../capital/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your name in capitals.[↗](../../capital/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ottawa is the capital of Canada.[↗](../../capital/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «I» is always a capital letter.[↗](../../capital/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They needed capital to open the bakery.[↗](../../capital/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Albany is the capital of New York State.[↗](../../capital/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ah, yes; sleep is a capital invention.[↗](../../capital/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.[↗](../../capital/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../capital/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the five pillars of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.[↗](../../capital/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../capital/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.[↗](../../capital/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../capital/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.[↗](../../capital/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../capital/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.[↗](../../capital/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.3.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../capital/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He also made nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.[↗](../../capital/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../capital/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **capitalise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To write a letter as a capital (A, B, C) or start a word with a capital letter.[↗](../../capitalise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To use a situation to get an advantage: «capitalise on a mistake».[↗](../../capitalise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (money) To provide money (capital) for a business.[↗](../../capitalise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Remember to capitalise the first word of every sentence.[↗](../../capitalise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Capitalise names like London and Monday.[↗](../../capitalise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team capitalised on their mistake and scored.[↗](../../capitalise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She capitalised on her success to start a shop.[↗](../../capitalise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't capitalise the whole word – it looks like shouting.[↗](../../capitalise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **capitol** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US) The Capitol: the building in Washington, D.C. where the US Congress meets to make laws.[↗](../../capitol/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) The building where a state's lawmakers meet, a state capitol.[↗](../../capitol/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.[↗](../../capitol/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The US Congress meets in the Capitol.[↗](../../capitol/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Capitol has a huge white dome.[↗](../../capitol/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the state capitol in Austin.[↗](../../capitol/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Capitol Hill is often used to mean the US Congress.[↗](../../capitol/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In ancient Rome, the Capitol was a temple on a hill.[↗](../../capitol/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Great prince,’ said he, ‘cause a copper horse and rider to be made, and stationed in front of the Capitol.[↗](../../capitol/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **capped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covered at the top: snow-capped mountains.[↗](../../capped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having a top limit put on it: prices are capped at £5.[↗](../../capped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, sport) Chosen to play for your national team: capped for England.[↗](../../capped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (teeth) Covered with an artificial crown by a dentist.[↗](../../capped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We saw snow-capped mountains in the Alps.[↗](../../capped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bus fares are capped at £2.[↗](../../capped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was capped for Wales at the age of nineteen.[↗](../../capped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist capped my broken tooth.[↗](../../capped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Screen time is capped at one hour a day in our house.[↗](../../capped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pen was capped so it would not dry out.[↗](../../capped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One snow-capped peak after another rose before him, till the whole of the glittering Alpine range became visible.[↗](../../capped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **capricious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Capricious means changing your mind often and without reason; moody and unpredictable.[↗](../../capricious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The princess was capricious: she cried, then laughed.[↗](../../capricious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A capricious wind blew the kite about.[↗](../../capricious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot please a capricious child.[↗](../../capricious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **capricorn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A constellation (group of stars) whose name means «goat-horned», pictured as a sea-goat.[↗](../../capricorn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In astrology, one of the twelve star signs, for people born roughly between late December and mid-January; such a person is called «a Capricorn».[↗](../../capricorn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (geography) The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line around the Earth south of the equator.[↗](../../capricorn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Tropic of Capricorn passes through Australia.[↗](../../capricorn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Capricorn is pictured as a goat with a fish's tail.[↗](../../capricorn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle says he is a Capricorn because his birthday is in January.[↗](../../capricorn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found the constellation Capricorn in the star chart.[↗](../../capricorn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rockhampton in Queensland is near the Tropic of Capricorn.[↗](../../capricorn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Astrology says Capricorns are hard-working, but there is no science behind it.[↗](../../capricorn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He made the letter ʽAyin reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Capricorn in the World, and Tevet in the Year, and the rumen in the Person.[↗](../../capricorn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../capricorn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **capsaicin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Capsaicin is the natural chemical in chilli peppers that makes them taste hot and makes your mouth feel like it is burning.[↗](../../capsaicin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Capsaicin makes chillies taste hot.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hottest chillies have the most capsaicin.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drinking milk helps wash away capsaicin.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Capsaicin is mostly in the white parts and seeds of a chilli.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds cannot taste capsaicin, so they eat chilli seeds.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after cutting chillies, because capsaicin stings your eyes.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some pain creams contain capsaicin.[↗](../../capsaicin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **capsize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of a boat: to turn over in the water so that the bottom is on top.[↗](../../capsize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make a boat turn over.[↗](../../capsize/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The little boat capsized in the strong wind.[↗](../../capsize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole tried to row and capsized the boat.[↗](../../capsize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If your canoe capsizes, hold on to it.[↗](../../capsize/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A big wave nearly capsized the ferry.[↗](../../capsize/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised what to do if the dinghy capsized.[↗](../../capsize/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't stand up in the boat or it will capsize.[↗](../../capsize/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone was wearing life jackets when the raft capsized.[↗](../../capsize/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The children watched the toy boat capsize in the bath.[↗](../../capsize/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As they neared the coast of Attica a great storm burst upon them, and the ship capsized.[↗](../../capsize/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **capsizing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turning over in the water, so that the bottom of a boat is on top.[↗](../../capsizing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making a boat turn over.[↗](../../capsizing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The canoe was capsizing in the big wave.[↗](../../capsizing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a life jacket in case of capsizing.[↗](../../capsizing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised capsizing and righting the dinghy.[↗](../../capsizing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many people on one side can cause capsizing.[↗](../../capsizing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry was capsizing in the storm.[↗](../../capsizing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After capsizing, hold on to the boat and wait for help.[↗](../../capsizing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **capstan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large, upright, turning drum on a ship or dock, turned by sailors pushing bars, used to wind in heavy ropes or the anchor chain.[↗](../../capstan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A similar turning part on a machine, such as an old tape recorder.[↗](../../capstan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailors pushed the capstan to raise the anchor.[↗](../../capstan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They sang a shanty as they walked round the capstan.[↗](../../capstan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The heavy rope was wound around the capstan.[↗](../../capstan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A capstan uses a lever to make pulling easier.[↗](../../capstan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old ship had a wooden capstan on deck.[↗](../../capstan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a capstan at the harbour museum.[↗](../../capstan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **capsule** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A capsule is a small tube-shaped container of medicine you swallow.[↗](../../capsule/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A space capsule is a small part of a spacecraft where astronauts sit, which can come back to Earth.[↗](../../capsule/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A time capsule is a box of things buried or kept for people in the future to open.[↗](../../capsule/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In plants, a capsule is a seed case that splits open.[↗](../../capsule/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take one capsule twice a day with water.[↗](../../capsule/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronauts splashed down in their capsule.[↗](../../capsule/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class buried a time capsule in the school garden.[↗](../../capsule/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat laundry capsules, they are poisonous.[↗](../../capsule/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poppy's seed capsule rattles when shaken.[↗](../../capsule/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The capsule was too big for me to swallow.[↗](../../capsule/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **captain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The person in charge of a ship or an aeroplane.[↗](../../captain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The leader of a sports team.[↗](../../captain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An officer in the army, navy or police.[↗](../../captain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To lead a team or a ship.[↗](../../captain/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mia is the captain of our netball team.[↗](../../captain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain steered the ship through the storm.[↗](../../captain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «This is your captain speaking,» said the pilot.[↗](../../captain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Captain Hook is the pirate in «Peter Pan».[↗](../../captain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Who will captain the team this year?[↗](../../captain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain was the last to leave the sinking ship.[↗](../../captain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class captain helps the teacher.[↗](../../captain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain was in great fright.[↗](../../captain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.'[↗](../../captain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.[↗](../../captain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.[↗](../../captain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.[↗](../../captain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.27.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.[↗](../../captain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.12.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty.[↗](../../captain/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.1.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captain/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **caption** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A caption is a short piece of text next to a picture, photo or cartoon that explains it.[↗](../../caption/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Captions are words shown on a screen that write down what people say, for people who cannot hear well.[↗](../../caption/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To caption a picture is to write a caption for it.[↗](../../caption/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write a caption under each photo.[↗](../../caption/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The caption said «A baby elephant at the zoo».[↗](../../caption/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn on the captions so Grandad can follow the film.[↗](../../caption/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The comic had funny captions.[↗](../../caption/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Caption your diagram: «The water cycle».[↗](../../caption/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The picture was real, but the caption was false.[↗](../../caption/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **captivate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To charm someone so that they cannot look away, or to take them captive by beauty.[↗](../../captivate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.[↗](../../captivate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **captive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A captive is a person or animal that has been caught and is kept somewhere and not allowed to leave.[↗](../../captive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Captive means kept and not free: captive animals.[↗](../../captive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A captive audience must listen because they cannot leave.[↗](../../captive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pirates took the sailors captive.[↗](../../captive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince was held captive in a tower.[↗](../../captive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Captive pandas are bred in zoos to save the species.[↗](../../captive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The captives escaped at night.[↗](../../captive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On the long bus ride, Dad had a captive audience for his jokes.[↗](../../captive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible tells of the Israelites held captive in Babylon.[↗](../../captive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Among his captives was a Persian princess, to whom he was warmly attached.[↗](../../captive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Asshur shall carry thee away captive.[↗](../../captive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.[↗](../../captive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?[↗](../../captive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.[↗](../../captive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.25.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.[↗](../../captive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.28.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive.[↗](../../captive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **captivity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Captivity is the state of being kept in a place and not being free, like an animal in a zoo or a prisoner.[↗](../../captivity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In captivity means kept by people instead of living in the wild.[↗](../../captivity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Captivity can also mean being held completely by something pleasant, like a delightful story.[↗](../../captivity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pandas are hard to breed in captivity.[↗](../../captivity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion was born in captivity and has never seen the wild.[↗](../../captivity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some animals live longer in captivity than in the wild.[↗](../../captivity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners were held in captivity for months.[↗](../../captivity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rescued turtle was released from captivity into the sea.[↗](../../captivity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Should dolphins be kept in captivity?[↗](../../captivity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Discuss.[↗](../../captivity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The present volume attempts to begin the pleasant captivity from the earliest years.[↗](../../captivity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.[↗](../../captivity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon king of the Amorites.[↗](../../captivity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · that then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.[↗](../../captivity/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.30.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivity/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of the captivity did so.[↗](../../captivity/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.10.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivity/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.[↗](../../captivity/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.5.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivity/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · When I would turn the captivity of My people, (Prophets HOS.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../captivity/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/8/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English 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